[Diana in Wisconsin]

Excellent. Thanks for the reminder! He really cuts through the cr@p, doesn't he?

For anyone who's ever flown coast to coast across our country, it's pretty obvious that there is plenty of useable land to go around for people, habitat and animals. A good 1/3 of my state of Wisconsin is already set-aside land protected by National, State and County parks. I don't feel "squished" at all, and there's plenty of wide open or forested spaces for me to enjoy within minutes of my home.

Yes, "sprawl" isn't all that pretty, and we truly do have some ugly, ugly cities and towns in our country, but the wacko-s make is seem like we're in India or Japan or something, living one on top of each other. I don't see that, and I've lived in big cities, small towns and now on farm. There are options.

[FreeKeys]

Good comments. Check these out too:

Cities are OBSOLETE. Now, everybody:  SPREAD OUT! 'Smart Growth' is dead.  LONG LIVE SPRAWL! (Duh...)

WHY sprawl 13 MYTHS about "sprawl" DEMOGRAPHIA the "smart" growth control freaks vs. the "sprawl  conspiracy"

Rail Robbery New urban travel option invented by the market (entrepreneurs), NOT government HERE

[abnegation]

Dittos here in Idaho. Takes only minutes to drive to an "untouched" spot to enjoy any kind of nature you desire. The wackos are always trying to take over these places. Funny thing though, if Republicans are so bad (Idaho is VERY conservative) then why do we have more unspoiled land than the liberal states do? (Oh wait, that makes too much common sense, silly me).